BNP leader Nilufar Chowdhury Moni has claimed that the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, not the ruling party’s student front, was behind the brutal killing of BUET student Abrar Fahad.

Speaking at a discussion, she alleged that “Shibir members disguised as the so-called ‘Helmet Brigade’” carried out the attack. “People used to call them Chhatra League, but they were actually Shibir, hiding their identity,” she said.

Nilufar argued that the involvement of lawyer Shishir Monir—defending the accused—proves who orchestrated the crime. “Abrar was beaten to death by the Helmet Brigade, by Shibir operatives,” she concluded, accusing the government of being surrounded by Jamaat influence.